Tag: golf

Cottonwood Lady Niners donate to Sun Lakes Fire Department

Pictured left to right are Barbara Schmoekel, Dixie McQuaid, Deputy Chief Dan Guerra and Bette Lu Buchanan.

Dixie McQuaid presents the check for $6,500 to SLFD’s Deputy Chief Dan Guerra. Pictured left to right are Barbara Schmoekel, Dixie McQuaid, Deputy Chief Dan Guerra and Bette Lu Buchanan. The Cottonwood Lady Niners, represented by Barbara Schmoekel (co-chair Member Guest Tournament), Dixie McQuaid (co-chair Member Guest Tournament) and Bette Lu Buchanan (President Cottonwood Lady…

Cottonwood Ladies Golf Association news

Marilyn Mitchell and Cathy Sullivan still smiling after finishing the putting their ball into the clown face to kick off the Member Guest Tournament

Marilyn Mitchell and Cathy Sullivan still smiling after finishing the putting their ball into the clown face to kick off the Member Guest Tournament Partners Tournament play off team 1st in Flight, Joanne Malackanich and Mary Ann Sorenson Partners Tournament Play off team overall winners Mary Lu Esget and Nadine Sanders Mary Nelson During the…

Rotary Golf Tournament a big success!

Hole-in-one winner Dick Jakubowski

When you stage a charity golf tournament and offer chances to win golf carts and cars on select par threes, you normally don’t expect anyone to win. There are tremendous odds against it. An amateur golfer’s chance of shooting an ace is 12,500 to one. Happily, Dick Jakubowski (visiting snowbird from Nebraska) didn’t know that…

OLNGA Crows over successful Member/Guest Day

Ann Rounthwaite A flock of brightly colored birds invaded the Oakwood Golf Club at dawn on March 8. They were there for the culmination of months of work – the OLNGA Member/Guest day, themed this year as “Bye, bye, Birdie.” With the help of volunteers and club staff Barbara Solomon and Gary Vien, event chairs…

18 Hole Couples League news

Carole Schmidt If you are interested in joining a great group of people to play golf as a couple, consider joining Oakwood Couples 18 Hole Golf League. Our goal is to play golf, have fun and meet new people. You do not have to live in IronOaks or Sun Lakes to be a member. We…

Cottonwood Ladies Golf Association news

First Flight winners: 3rd Nancy Hermanson, 2nd Mary Nelson, 1st Terry Gaube

Mary Nelson The 2016 Cottonwood Club Championship Tournament was held February 11, 18 and 25. The overall winner is Susan Hayward. Congratulations to Susan for her exceptional play during the three day event. This tournament was hard fought with Susan prevailing in the end. At the beginning of the round on the 25th there were…

SLLGA 18 Holers results

Nancy Field Congratulations to the Women Derby Winners: 1st Nicole Wadley, 2nd Cheryl Reed, and 3rd Karen Brown. 2/23. Wet Holes-Low Net – Flight 1: 1st Moe Schoenwalder, 2nd Lynda Smith, 3rd Cheryl Reed; Flight 2: 1st (tie) Debbie Loch and Joyce Switzky, 2nd (tie) Mary Billideau and Shirley Brenner, 3rd Anne Carlson; Flight 3:…

PVLGA news and views

PVLGA wins 2016 Traveling Team Trophy. Back row: Nancy Howell, Carol Ruff, Carole Guild and Paddy Newton. Front row: Rose Hames, Cindy Bosch, Colleen Mitchell and Jo Crook. Missing is Bonnie Moore.

Janet Baron, Publicity Chairman To keep up with the rotation of the sun we enjoyed an extra Monday this month; happens every 823 years, five Mondays and not the usual four. Leap year also contributed to this unusual happening. 2/09. The President’s Cup participants were geared to play their best and obtain a winning score.…

PVMGA February results

Palo Verde 2016 men’s club championship winners (pictured from left) are Jerry Davis, Club Champion; Mike Lorimer, runner-up; Dick Martin, Masters Champion; Dan Bottiglieri and Richard Koon, Flight winners

Bob Armstrong, Publicity Temperatures are up, the sun is shining and our joints are aching a little less! There are reasons we choose to live in the desert! Our February report starts with the Sweetheart Tournament held the day before Valentine’s Day. The winning foursome, by a large margin, included Jack Hill, Barb Hill, Roger…